In the evening he went to the cinema to see "The Lord of the Rings", which he had never before had time to see. He thought that orcs, unlike human beings, were simple and uncomplicated creatures.

It did no good to cry, she had learned that early on.

Only a woman who had killed a man in battle was allowed to give up her virginity.

There's always someone willing to believe malicious rumours.

I have been threatened occasionally. But that happens to everybody who is writing this kind of things. Threats will come without fail. It might happen to the most 'innocent' texts. If it gets too much we call the police.

I am what I am,' Salander said 'I ran away from everything and everybody. I should have said goodbye.

I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not do, without those actions having social consequences.